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Record Nr.

UNINA9910150332603321

Titolo

Adult education and vocational training in the digital age / / Victor C.X. Wang, Florida Atlantic University, USA

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hershey, PA : , : Information Science Reference, , [2017]

�2017

ISBN

9781522509301

9781522509295

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxvi, 294 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Collana

Advances in Higher Education and Professional Development (AHEPD) Book Series, , 2327-6991

Disciplina

374/.26

Soggetti

Adult education - Computer-assisted instruction

Vocational education - Computer-assisted instruction

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Premier reference source"--Cover.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Teaching for critical thinking / Stephen Brookfield -- Public-private partnership principles applied to industry-school partnership to support technical and vocational education / Hitendra Pillay [and 3 others] -- Deep learning and online education as an informal learning process: is there a relationship between deep learning and online education as an informal learning process? / Theresa Neimann, Victor C. X. Wang -- Digital technologies as a change agent in problem-based activities: a comparison of online and campus-based PBL in Swedish firefighter training / Robert Holmgren -- The demand, content, and entrance criteria of operations management programmes under the context of internationalization: an empirical comparative investigation / Chengbo Wang [and 3 others] -- Internet technologies and online learning / Victor C. X. Wang, Theresa Neimann -- The serious use of play and metaphor: LEGO® models and labyrinths / Alison James, Stephen Brookfield -- The need for imagination and creativity in instructional design / Pat Gibson -- In one voice: aspiring and practicing school leaders embrace the need for a more integrated approach to leadership preparation and development / Eleanor Drago-Severson, Patricia Maslin-Ostrowski, Alexander M. Hoffman -- Learning physical and digital conviviality through practice stories / Peter Willis --



The essence of powerful teaching / Stephen Brookfield --

Influences of gender and computer gaming experience in occupational desktop virtual environments: a cross-case analysis study / Lynna J. Ausburn, Floyd B. Ausburn, Paul J. Kroutter -- Workplace incivility and conflict management styles: predicting job performance, organizational commitment, and turnover intent / Thomas G. Reio, Jr., Jeannie Trudel -- What Is CTE?: practitioners struggle to define their field in the United States / Edward C. Fletcher Jr., Johanna L. Lasonen, Victor M. Hernandez-Gantes.

Sommario/riassunto

"This book is a reference source for the latest scholarly material on the use of recent technologies to facilitate and optimize classroom environments for adult learners, highlighting relevant andragogical, organizational, and institutional issues"--Provided by publisher.